'Murder in progress': Police tried to spare attacker's life as they saved woman from assault
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'Murder in progress': Police tried to spare attacker's life as they saved woman from assault Maegan Ball stands for a portrait in Saugus, Mass., on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. In December 2018, police were requested to make a wellness check on a man by his mother. Officers found him severely beating Ball. Erich Stelzer, 25, who Ball met on a dating app, had beaten her face until bones shattered, stabbed her with a knife, gouged her eyes and tried to drive a wooden stake into her stomach. Two of the officers used their Tasers and managed to handcuff Stelzer as he thrashed on the floor. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/Maegan Ball stands for a portrait in Saugus, Mass., on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. In December 2018, police were requested to make a wellness check on a man by his mother. Officers found him severely beating Ball. Erich Stelzer, 25, who Ball met on a dating app, had beaten her face until bones shattered, stabbed her with a knife, gouged her eyes and tried to drive a wooden stake into her stomach. Two of the officers used their Tasers and managed to handcuff Stelzer as he thrashed on the floor. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa))
'Murder in progress': Police tried to spare attacker's life as they saved woman from assault In this photo provided by the Cohasset Police Department, Maegan Ball, second right, stands with, from left, Officer Aaron Bates, Officer Alexander Stotik, and Detective Lt. Gregory Lennon in Cohasset, Mass., on Dec. 27, 2019. In 2018, the three officers confronted Erich Stelzer, a 6-foot-6-inch 25-year-old bodybuilder who was stabbing Ball, his date, so viciously that the walls were red with blood. While the officers were relieved to have saved her life, they also wrestled with the ramifications of killing Stelzer despite doing their best to avoid it. (Cohasset Police Department via AP) (In this photo provided by the Cohasset Police Department, Maegan Ball, second right, stands with, from left, Officer Aaron Bates, Officer Alexander Stotik, and Detective Lt. Gregory Lennon in Cohasset, Mass., on Dec. 27, 2019. In 2018, the three officers confronted Erich Stelzer, a 6-foot-6-inch 25-year-old bodybuilder who was stabbing Ball, his date, so viciously that the walls were red with blood. While the officers were relieved to have saved her life, they also wrestled with the ramifications of killing Stelzer despite doing their best to avoid it. (Cohasset Police Department via AP))
‘Murder in progress’: Police tried to spare attacker’s life as they saved woman from assault Maegan Ball poses for a portrait with her dog, Havok, in Saugus, Mass., on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. In December 2018, police were requested to make a wellness check on a man by his mother. Officers found him severely beating Ball. Erich Stelzer, 25, who Ball met on a dating app, had beaten her face until bones shattered, stabbed her with a knife, gouged her eyes and tried to drive a wooden stake into her stomach. Two of the officers used their Tasers and managed to handcuff Stelzer as he thrashed on the floor. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
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